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Key specs
Cores
14
Threads
20
Boost Clock
5 GHz
TDP
35-45 W (configurable)
Socket
BGA-1744
Process
10 nm
Benchmarks
Rating
55
Perf.
54
iGPU
48
Energy
50
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
114
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
1007
TDP
35-45 W
Cache L3
24MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
114
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1007
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2361
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12,179
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3518
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
25,038
Blender CPU
179.19
iGPU FLOPS
2.2 TFLOPS
GeekBench v6
File compression
1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation
85.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
312.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
363.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
225.4 pages/sec
Background blur
49.7 images/sec
Photo processing
111.5 images/sec
Ray tracing
19.4 Mpixels/sec
PassMark
Integer math
87.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math
62.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
99M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
32.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption
17 GBytes/sec
Data compression
287.8 MBytes/sec
Physics
1609 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
17.2B Matrices/sec
Performance Per Watt
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
22.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
270.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
556.4 PPW
Blender / Watt
3.98 PPW
General
Vendor
Intel
Released
January 4, 2022
Type
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Codename
Alder Lake
Model number
i9-12900HK
Integrated GPU
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
AMD Equivalent
- AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Successor
- Intel Core i9 13900HK
CPU
P-Cores
6
P-Threads
12
Base Frequency (P)
2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)
5 GHz
E-Cores
8
E-Threads
8
Base Frequency (E)
1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E)
3.8 GHz
Total Cores
14
Total Threads
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
25x
L1 Cache
80K (per core)
L2 Cache
1280K (per core)
L3 Cache
24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Package
Fabrication Process
10 nm
TDP (PL1)
35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2)
115 W
Socket
BGA-1744
Peak Temperature
100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics
Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock
300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1450 MHz
Shading Units
768
TMUs
48
ROPs
24
Execution Units
96
TGP
15 W
Memory Support
Memory Types
- DDR5-4800 / - DDR4-3200 / - LPDDR5-5200 / - LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size
64 GB
Memory Channels
2
ECC Support
No
Misc
Official Site
Intel Core i9 12900HK official page
PCI Express Version
4.0
PCI Express Lanes
28
Technologies
- Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA - Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX - Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x - Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit